during the nineteenth century.  Lots of period photos showing costume and everyday life. 

Ernest Hemingway:  Selected Letters, Scribner's, 1981.  ISBN 0-684-16765-4.  A witty and entertaining collection of letters written by Hemingway to fellow authors, friends, family.  Letters represent his views on women, soldiers, politicians, prizefighters, and show his enthusiasm for hunting, fishing, drinking and eating.  Hemingway is colorful, opinionated and often truculent.  He was widely regarded as a "man's man."

Whispers on the Wind, Donna Fletcher, Jove 1997.  ISBN 0-515-12029-4.  A look at a fellow romance writer's excellent use of characterization.  A study in how one man can be the alpha and beta male at the same time.  A pretty good read, too.

And to celebrate the women they frequented;
Whiskey and Wild Women, Cy Martin, Hart, 1974.  ISBN 08055-1125-3 (paperback 08055-0185-1).  Sub-titled An Amusing Account of the Saloons and Bawds of the Old West,  this book is a look at the men and women, mostly prostitutes, who were found in the drinking establishments of the Old West.  Contains many great photos.  Paints a vivid picture of the wild, immoral west.  See your library for this one.

Soiled Doves:  Prostitution in the Early West, Anne Seagraves, Wesanne Publications, 1994.  ISBN 0-9619088-4-X.  Touching insight to the lives of the women who helped shape the West, from madams and saloon women to Chinese slave girls.  Includes photos and newspaper articles. z

©2001 Lisa Marie Long